In a (an?//lcm) annual report by ACT Inc., a non-profit organization, hundreds of thousands of this year´s college-bound high school graduates aren´t prepared enough academically to succeed in college.
The average national composite scores of the ACT college entrance exam is 20.9 out of 36 possible points.
The report says half of test-takers lack at least some reading-comprehension skills, suggesting they would struggle in courses such as history, sociology or literature and slightly over fifty percent had scores high enough to suggest they could succeed in college-level social science courses.
http://www.bayoubuzz.com/articles.aspx?aid=4770
Travus T. Hipp pontificated on this in his morning news *and* the commentary(he's a supporter of home-schooling).
College was a great place to drop out of when it was time to start learning... http://leighmdotnet.blogspot.com/2005/08/august-18-2005-travus-t-hipp-morning.html
The news coverage also includes:
Evacuation in Gaza Details of the "Able Danger" Atta leak China/Russia war games in the Pacific Iraq: Gasoline... $0.05/Ga Fifty percent U.S high school grads can't work at college entry level
Leigh www.leighm.net